In 2016 Germany’s counter-intelligence BfV stated that Russia was behind a series of cyber attacks against the country’s institutions and politicians. Those included a major hacking of the German Bundestag in 2015, and another attack the following year against the ruling Christian Democratic Party.
Bellingcat: Andrej Hunko and the Party Borotba
A man passes by the wall logo of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin on March 1, 2018, after Russian hackers have infiltrated Germany's foreign and interior ministries' online networks.